Phase 5 - Book 7 - Alternative Pronunciations a,e,i,o,u
L & S
The Unicorn Detective
Fiction
L&S Readers
Decodable Words:
a dad an and
e then enter next
i music visitors trick
o on gosh off
u up run hug
Alternative Pronunciations:
a e i o u last suspected I go pull April secret Friday other put father she wild oh unicorn lady decent find old music wash he pogo pushed Teacher / Parent Notes: walls helping Each page focuses on a previously learnt grapheme (e.g. short a) and the alternative swab reckon pronunciations for this grapheme. After each page discuss the different pronunciations of angel herself the same grapheme (e.g. dad / last).
The Unicorn Detective
Story by Fraser Milne
a Last April, my father helped the old lady next door wash her walls and swab her decks. She said to my dad, “You are an angel.” 2
e I suspected that the old lady had a secret. I think she puts on makeup to make herself look old. She tricks my decent dad so that he will help her. I reckon she could do the jobs herself. 3
i Then on Friday, I hear wild music coming from next door and see visitors in fancy-dress entering her house. 4
This is my chance to find out if the lady next door is tricking my dad. 5
o I put on my unicorn outfit and go inside with the other visitors. 6
OH MY GOSH! The lady next door is not old! The lady next door is riding a pogo stick, and her wig has fallen off. 7
u I pull off my unicorn head and stop the music. I tell her that the jig is up. My dad will not be pushed around any more. Then I run home to tell dad and give him a hug. 8
Comprehension Questions: 1. When did her dad help the lady clean her house? 2. What did she dress up in to go to the party? 3. What was the lady riding at the party?
Context Questions: 4. Have you heard the idiom “the jig is up” before? Can you work out what it means from the context? Today, the definition for the word “jig” is to dance, but this phrase’s origins comes from the 16th century where the word “jig” was slang for a practical joke or trick. So, if “the jig was up,” it meant your trick was found out, or exposed.
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L&S Readers Progression - Fiction Phase 5 Phase One (Wordless Books) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Phase Two 1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
s, a, t, p i, n, m, d g, o, c, k ck, e, u, r, h b, f, l ff, ll, ss Revision Revision j, v, w, x y, z, zz, qu ch, sh, th, ng ai, ee igh, oa oo, oo ow, oi ‘r’ controlled
L & S
- Pat - Dad in a Pit - Tim’s Dog - Rat in a Sack - Run in the Fog - Big Bad Bug - Nuts in a Sack - Rick Rabbit
4 - Camp at the Pond - The Lost Nest - Hulk’s Golf Day - Green Tree Frog - The Best Dream - What is That Smell? - Lunch - Splendid Spring Night
Phase Five
5
1. ou,ea,ie,ir,oy - Lost at Sea 2. ay, ey, aw, ue - My Annoying Dad 3. wh, ph, ew, oe, au -The Astronaut 4. Split digraphs - Prize Tomatoes 5. Alt. c, g - Going to the Circus 6. Alt. ch, y - Christmas Eve 7. Alt. a, e, i, o, u - The Unicorn Detective 8. Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey - Channel Surfer 3
- Jess at the Vet - Fix-It Fox - Fish and Chips - A Wait in the Rain - At Night - Look at my Things - Cow’s Boil Up - The Letter
L&S Readers
Phase Four 1. cvcc 2. cvcc 3. cvcc 4. ccvc 5. ccvc 6. ccvc 7. cccvc & cvccc 8. cccvc
2
Phase Three 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
1
- Buying an Ice Cream - Baking a Cake - Shopping - Walking the Dog - Car Wash - Gardening - Doing the Dishes - Catching a Fish
Controlled text to support the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.
Phase Six
6
1. -s, -es - Mango the Magician 2. -er, -est - Funniest Conversation 3. -er / nouns - Parents’ Day 4. -ment, -ness - The Art Gallery 5. -ful, -y, -less, -ly - Bug Boy 6. -tion, -sion, -cian - Space Station 7. un-, dis- Unlucky Duck 8. Homophones - The Blue Knight ISBN 942-1-002413-82-6
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